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The Barchile Fountain by Mazzetti
A decoration on the façade of the shop ‘Pietro Romanengo, son of Stefano’
Tabernacle of St John the Baptist
The shrine to the Virgin Mary
Church of St Matthew
Interior of the Church of St Matthew
The vault of the central nave of the Church of St Matthew
The pointed arches of the Gothic Lamba Doria palace
The public arcades (Sottoripa)
The Loggia dei Banchi in Palazzo San Giorgio
Piazza Pollaiuoli
The octagonal Nolare Tower
The mullioned windows of the Nolare Tower
Statue of Janus, the two-faced god
The bell tower and dome of San Lorenzo Cathedral
The archway at Porta Soprana
The Porta Soprana
The two towers of Porta Soprana
The Porta Soprana Tower
Convent of St Andrew
The columns of the Convent of St Andrew
The well in the cloister of the Convent of Sant’Andrea
The House of Christopher Columbus
The building of the Ligustica Academy of Fine Arts
Via di Porta Soprana
San Giorgio Underground Station
Old Port Basin
The San Teodoro neighbourhood
The former Hotel Miramare
Elevated Road
The Stazione Marittima terminal
Statue of the god Neptune on the bow of the galleon Neptune
The galleon Neptune
The galleon Neptune
The galleon’s rigging
The Genoa Aquarium
Caricamento Square
The ice rink
The Biosfera in Genoa’s Old Port

The Barchile fountain by Mazzetti in Piazza Campetto, dating from the first half of the 17th century

A marble decoration on the façade of the “Pietro Romanengo fu Stefano” sweet shop in Via di Soziglia

Shrine of St John the Baptist in Piazza di Soziglia, a wayside shrine dating from the 17th–18th centuries

The votive shrine to the Virgin Mary in Piazza San Matteo

Piazza and Church of San Matteo, founded in 1125 by Martino Doria, in the Gothic style, characterised by a façade of alternating white (marble) and black (slate) bands

The Gothic-style interior of the Church of San Matteo, with three naves, featuring works attributed to Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli and Silvio Cosini

The vault of the central nave of the Church of St Matthew, with the fresco ‘The Calling of St Matthew’ by Giovanni Battista Castello on the left

The pointed arches of the 13th-century Gothic Lamba Doria palace in Piazza San Matteo

Beneath the ancient arcades of Sottoripa on Via Filippo Turati, built in 1865

A view of the public arcades (Sottoripa) with a pointed arch at the entrance

On the right, the Loggia dei Banchi of Palazzo San Giorgio in Piazza della Raibetta

A votive shrine depicting Saint Caterina Fieschi Adorno and Saint Anthony in Piazza Pollaiuoli

The octagonal Romanesque Nolare Tower of the Church of San Donato on the Prione hill and a street lamp

The mullioned windows on the first storey of the Nolare Tower of the Church of San Donato

Statue of Janus, the two-faced god, atop a small temple in Piazza Sarzano, by Bartolomeo Bianco; behind it stands the majolica-tiled bell tower of the Church of Sant’Agostino

The 60-metre-high bell tower and the dome of San Lorenzo Cathedral, designed by Galeazzo Alessi in the 16th century

Painting of the ‘Madonna della Guardia’ situated beneath the arch of Porta Soprana in Piazza Dante

The arch above the Porta Soprana, situated at the top of the Piano di Sant’Andrea

The two crenellated towers of Porta Soprana on the Piano di Sant’Andrea

The marl-clad tower on the left of Porta Soprana, flying the city’s flag bearing the Cross of St George

The remains of the cloister of the Convent of Sant’Andrea in Piazza Dante, which was dismantled, moved and rebuilt at its current location in 1922

The cloister of Sant’Andrea, consisting of pairs of small columns supporting pointed arches

The well in the ancient cloister of the Convent of Sant’Andrea in Piazza Dante

The house where Christopher Columbus spent his childhood and early youth, in Piazza Dante

On the left is the Ligustica Academy of Fine Arts building, designed in 1831 by Carlo Barabino, and behind it stands the stage tower of the Carlo Felice Theatre in Piazza De Ferrari

On the left, the votive shrine dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption in Via di Porta Soprana

The San Giorgio underground station in Piazza Caricamento (Sottoripa), which opened on 7 August 2003

The metal canopy linking the Galata building (left) and the Metellino building (right) on Via Paolo Imperiale, in the Darsena of the Porto Antico

Panoramic view of the San Teodoro neighbourhood, with the former Grand Hotel Miramare on the left

In the foreground is the former Hotel Miramare, with a neoclassical building behind it and, to the left, the bell tower of the Sanctuary of St Francis of Paola

On the left, the elevated road on Via Alpini d’Italia, dating from 1965

The Ponte dei Mille terminal at the Stazione Marittima, situated in the square of the same name, dating from 1930

Statue of the god Neptune on the bow of the galleon Neptune, moored in the Porto Antico (Expo area)

The starboard side of the galleon Neptune, made of iroko wood

The galleon Neptune, moored at the Calvi Bridge (Porto Antico), built in Tunisia in 1986 and used in Roman Polanski’s film “Pirates”

The 20 km of rope tangled around the masts of the galleon Neptune, which has been moored for years in the Porto Antico

The entrance steps to the Genoa Aquarium from the Spinola Bridge (Genoa’s old harbour)

The palm trees and circular benches in Piazza Caricamento, in the Maddalena neighbourhood

The ice rink, with the Bigo tower in the background, in Piazza delle Feste in the Porto Antico – both designed by Renzo Piano

La Biosfera, a bubble housing 150 varieties of plants, situated in the Porto Antico (Expo Area, designed by architect Renzo Piano)

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